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A LIST OF THR 

BUSINESS MEN 

OF THE CIIY OF 

HARTFORD 

(CD-VNTECnCUT) 

IN THE YE\R 

17 9 9 



BUSINESS MEN 

OF THE CirY OF 

HARTFORD 

(CONNECTICUT) 

IN THE YEAR 

17 9 9 



PRINTED FROM THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT 
WITH NOTES 



BY 



FRANK D. ANDREWS 



VINELAND Nl£\V JtRSEY 
1909 






ocf laio 



With the Compliments of 

Frank 1). Am)I!i;\\s. 



PREFACE. 

Believing the following list of former resi- 
dents of Hartford engaged in business at the close 
of the eighteenth century, to be of some local 
interest, the manuscript has been printed with 
the hope it may prove useful in determining the 
occupation of some of the inhabitants of tliat 
period, and be of service in other ways. 

Many of the names on the list are familiar to 
the present generation, descendants of those who 
more than a century ago were in the fulness of 
life and the activities thereof, now, perhaps 
forgotten by those who have profited by their 
industry and success. 

Among the names, the reader may chance up- 
on that of an ancestor, a relative far removed; 
give them a kindly thought in passing, and re- 
member a century hence their own name may 
have been long forgotten, even unknown, save 
to .some antiquary delving among the records of 
the past. 

Frank D. Andkicws. 
Vineland, N. J. 
March 3, 1909. 



HARTFORD 

BUSINESS MEN 

1799 



WITH THE AMOUNT OF 
PERSON 

James Anderson 
Saml. Addarns 
Willm. Burr 
Eli Batholomew 
John Bolles 
Isaac Bull 
Isaac D Bull 
Aaron Bradley 
William Bradley 
Thomas Beldeii 
Francis Brown & Co 
lohn Bolks 2d 
Josiah Btckwilh 
Richard Bacon & Co 
Joseph Durr 
Joiia. P>race 



ASSESSMENT OF EACH 
OR FIRM 

Dolr. 

Joyner 17 

Cabinet maker 20 

Trader 84 

Do 84 

Taverner 50 
Trader & Drug<,nst 84 

Do 84 

Taverner 50 

Trader 84 

Do 84 

Do 100 

Briker 17 

Cooper 30 

Traders too 

Do 84 

Attorney 180 



HARTFORD BTTSIXESS MK.N IJQC 



William Brown 
Mary Barnard 
Timothy Burr & Co 
John Babcock 
Consider Burt 
Bull & King 
Dayid Bull 

Michael & Thos. Bull 
Blake & Ely 
Saml. Beckwith 
William Brown 2d 
Joseph Bradley 
William Barton Jr. 
Brown & Kimberly 
Asa Boyd 
Eiisha Beckwith 
Abel Buel 
Jonathan Bright 
Aaron Colton 
James Church 
James Cooke 
Asher Church 
Roger Cogswell 
Aaron Colton 
John Chenevard & Co 
Asa Corning 
Ezra Corning 
Daniel Corning 
Silas Ch?pman 
D lulel Crowell 



Attorney 


fSo 


Tavern er 


50 


Traders 


84 


Printer 


40 


Mill Owner 


2 CO 


Traders 


100 


Taverner 


50 


Traders 


200 


Do 


100 


Cooper 


25 


Trader in Co 


84 


Blk. Smith 


25 


Trader 


lOJ 


Do 


100 


Barber 


17 


Blk Smith 


25 


White Smith 


20 


Upholsterer 


25 


Cabinet Maker 


25 


Rope Maker 


40 


Do 


30 


Taylor 


17 


Taverner 


50 


Cabinet Maker 


25 


Merchants 


100 


Shoemaker 


17 


Shopkeeper 


84 


Taverner 


50 


Shoemaker 


20 


Trader 


lOO' 



HARTFORD BUSINESS MliN 1799 



Mason F Cogswell 


Physician 


70 


George Caldwell 


Hatler 


39 


Oliver D & I Cooke 


Booksellers 


84 


John Caldwell & Co 


Merchants 


200 


George Corning 


Taylor 


17 


George Catliu 


Instrument Maker 


20 


Saml. C Day 


Barber 


20 


Theodore D wight 


Attorney 


200 


Willm. Davy 


Brewer 


25 


Edward Danforth 


Trader 


84 


Jona. & Danl. Danforth 


Dos 


90 


Henry Devier 


Bookbinder 


84 


Enos Doolittle 


Brass Founder 


17 


Saml. Danforth 


Pewterer 


25 


William Ellery 


Mill Owner 


75 


Jona. W Kd wards 


Attorney 


167 


William Ely & Co 


Traders 


100 


William Chadwick 


Shoemaker 


20 


Robert Chapman 


Fruiterer 


30 


Miller Fish 


Shoemaker 


25 


Eliakim Fish 


Physician 


60 


Edward Frethy 


Barber 


17 


Timothy Foster 


Mason 


17 


Chauncy Goodrich 


Attorney 


180 


George Goodwin 


Primer Boc-kscllcr 


125 


Gleason & Cowles 


Mci chants 


'3<> 


David Greenleaf 


Watchnjaker 


45 


John Graham 


Painter & GUizili 


20 


James Good v\ in 


Ihititr 


^7 


Jonn. Good w in 


TaVLincr 


5*-' 



HARTFORD BUSINESS MKN 1 799 



Richard Goodman 

David Goodwill 

Aaron Gay lord 

Asa & Daniel Hopkins 

Joseph Hart 

Leml. Hopkins 

Charles Hepuembourgh 

James Hosmer 

Henry Hall 

John Hall 

Joseph Hanson 

John Hamilton 

William Howe 

Joseph Harris 

James Hanmer 

Willm. Hildrup 

Daniel Jones 

Shadrack Johnson 

Keys & Center 

Leonard Kenneda 

Freeman Kilbourn 

James Knox in Co 

George Knox 

Joseph Lynde 

William Lawrence 

Saml. Lawrence 

Justin L>man 

Elisha Lewis 

James Lathrop 

John Lee Boiird 



Trader 


84 


Taylor 


25 


Trader 


84 


Druggists 


125 


Merchant 


150 


Physician 


60 


Barber 


17 


Taylor 


30 


Merchant 


84 


Trader 


84 


Taylor 


17 


Taverner 


50 


Trader 


84 


Pump Maker 


17 


Cooper 


17 


Trader 


84 


Merchant 


100 


Ships Carpenter 


17 


Traders 


120 


Joyner 


20 


Dealer in horses 


84 


Traders 


84 


Cooper 


17 


Druggist 


1 20 


Trader 


100 


Do 


84 


Do 


100 


Do 


120 


Mason 


2U 


'g House & Trader 50 



HARTFORD BUSINESS MKN 1 799 



9- 



John Leffinwell 


Joyner 


17 


John Morgan 


Merchant 


200 


Danl. Moore 


Trader 


84 


Ebenezer Moore 


Saidler 


20 


Saml . Marsh Jur. 


Mercht 


IOO> 


William Moseley 


Attorney 


200 


Dwell Morgan 


Surgeon 


40 


John Mc Nieght 


Chandler 


30 


John Mc Crackau 


Mercht 


120 


Charles Mather 


Physician 


34 


Zachy Mills & Co 


Paper Stainers 


20 


Abijah Peck 


Blk Smith 


25 


Solomon Porter 


Trader 


100 


Nathl. Patten 


Do 


150 


Joseph Pratt 


Taverner 


70 


George Pierce 


Trader 


84 


Caleb Pond 


Do 


84 


George J Patten 


Do 


84 


Ephraim Root 


Attorney 


200 


John Ripley 


Taverner 


70 


Jona. Ramsey 


Dealer in Horses 


40 


Jona. Root 


Taylor 


17 


Ephm. Rob bins 


Taverner 


50 


Ripley Savage & Co 


Traders 


120 


Charles vSeymour & Co 


Do 


84 


Thos. Seymour 


Mill Owner 


50 


Thos. Sanford 


Taverner 


50 


Thos. Sanford Jur. 


Trader 


iOO 


Horace vSleel 


rioc'kbindcr 


17 


Alba Smith 


Shoemaker 


n 



lO 



HARTFORD BUSINESS MEN 1 799 



Thomas Steel 


Tanner 


20 


George Seymour 


Taverner 


60 


Elisha Shepherd 


Trader 


84 


Robert Seymour 


Taylor 


17 


Elisha Skinner 


Taverner 


50 


Roswell Stanley 


Trader 


84 


Isaac Sweetland 


Stone Cutter 


25 


Jacob Sargeant 


Jeweller 


60 


Elipht. Steel 


Taverner 


50 


Thos. Sloan 


Blk Smith 


20 


Norman Smith 


Saidler 


39 


Wm. Starr Jur. 


Blockmaker 


17 


Charles D Stillwell 


Taylor 


17 


John Spencer 


Barber 


17 


Friend Seymour 


Braiser 


20 


Solomon Taylor 


Joyner 


20 


Saml. Thompson 


Baker 


17 


Peter Thatcher 


Joyner 


17 


Nathl. Terry 


Attorney 


200 


EHpt. Terry Jur 


Trader 


84 


Joseph Utley 


Trader Taverner 


120 


Joseph Utley 2d 


Tanner 


20 


Henry Wadsworth 


Cooper 


17 


Horace Wadsworth 


Chair Maker 


10 


John Wadsworth 


Do in Co. 


10 


Daniel Wadsworth 


Mercht. 


100 


James Weeks 


Cooper 


17 


Jared Wells 


Blk Smith 


17 


William Wing 


Coach Maker 


30 


Benja. Wood 


Joyner 


20 



HARTFORD BUSINESS MEN 1 799 



7 I 



William Weare 


Sail Maker. 


17 


Daniel Winship 


Baker 


17 


Spencer Whiting & Co 


Traders 


120 


James Ward 


Jeweller 


40 


Elisha Williams 


Taverner 


60 


Ward Woodbridge & Co 


Traders 


140 


James H Wells 


Merchant 


90 


Thomas Wells 


Hatter 


17 


James A Wells 


Taverner 


50 


Robert Mc Henry 


Saidler 


20 


William Watson 


Trader 


84 


So. 






Amos Bull 


Merchant 


100 


Brazillai Hudson Printer & Bookseller 


125 


Elisha Babcock 


Printer 


25. 


Abel Saunders 


Taverner 


50 


Jona. Bigelow 


Do 


50 


Moses Butler 


Do 


50 


Frederick Seymour 


Trnder 


84 


Jona. Butler 


Tanner 


30 


Jona. Skinner 


Do 


30 


Isaac Bliss 


Do 


40 


Miles Beach 


Jeweller 


30 


Abiel Thompson 


Shoemaker 


17 


Nathl. Winship 


Mason 


17 


Joseph Winship 


Do 


17 


Phineas Shepherd 


Do 


17 


William Board man 


Do 


17 


Asa Francis 


Blk vSmilh 


.S^> 


Jona. Chapman 


Carpenter 


17 



12 



HARTFORD BUSINESS MEN 1 7 99 



John Williams 


Shoemaker 


25 


Thos. Y Seymour 


Attorney 


167 


Enoch Perkins 


Do 


167 


Willm. Whitman 


Druggist 


84 


Calvin Seymour 


Joyner 


27 


Danl. Butler 


Mill Owner 


60 


Henry A Warner 


Skin dresser 


40 


Charles Merrill 


Taverner 


50 


John Dodd Jur. 


Trader 


150 


Luke Diggins 


Blk Smith 


17 


Solomon Loomis 


Mtillwrigh 


17 


John C Bull 


Painter 


17 


Jona. Bull 


Do 


17 


Zebulon Seymour 


Joyner 


17 


Reuben Wadsworh 


Half Clothiers Work.- 


i 10 


James Taylor 


Do 


10 


William Hills 


Taylor 


25 


Harris Colt 


Trader 


84 


Tisdale & Nicholls 


Chandlers 


40 


Stephen Collins 


Shoemaker 




John I Wells 


Cabinet Maker 


30 


West- 






Gideon Butler 


Wheelwriglu 


25 


John B Balch 


Joyner 


17 


Abijah Flagg 


Shoemaker 


35 


Peleg Heath 


Taverner 


50 


Caleb Perkins 


Physician 


34 


Abel Butler 


Wheelwright 


17 


Theron Seymour 


Blk Smith 


30 


Wm. Sedgwick 


Do 


17 



HARTFORD BUSINEvSS MEN 1 799 



John Seidell 


Potter 


17 


David Butler 


Wheelwright 


20 


Ebenezer Faxon 


Potter 


60 


Nathl. Seymour 


Do 


20 


John Seymour Jur 


Do 


17 


Josiah Gilbert 


Joyner 


17 


Leiul. Hurlbut 


Shoemaker 


25 


Jed. Mills 


Do 


25 


Ellas Frink 


Do 


30 


Allyn Seymour 


Blk Smith 


20 


Timothy Sedgwick 


Do 


30 


Charles Seymour 


Hatter 


30 


Elijah Board man 


Taverner 


50 


Francis Smith 


Tanner 


30 


Saml.Talcott 


Clothier 


30 


Francis F Olmsted 


Saidler 


17 


Reuben Judd 


Cooper 


17 


Amount — 


$ 


'3.942 


Errf 


itum. 





On page fifth read Lcml. Addams, instead of 
Saml. Addams. 



NOTES 

In the year 1799, Hartford incorporated as a 
cit3' in 1784, had a population of about 5,000 
inhabitants. Its one lon<^ street running paral- 
lel with the Connecticut was crossed by others 
leading from the river to the farm lands west. 

Among the five or six hundred houses within 
its limits were a number of substantial dwellings, 
some of brick, the homes of well-to-do citizens 

The State House, recently erected, was an ob- 
ject of pride and admiration. The legislature 
first met within its walls in 1796, Hartford sharing 
with New Haven the honor of being one of the 
capitals of the state. 

The meeting house of the First Society, built 
of brick, stood en the .southea.'^t corner of the 
burial ground. Rev. Nathan Strong, a graduate 
of Yale College in 1769, was the pastor. The 
Second Society's meeting house was of wood lo- 
cated south of the "Great Bridge" which crossed 
the Little River. Tlie society was under the 
pastoral charge of Rev. Al)el Flint, Yale 17H5. 

The large brick jail with tavern altatched, a 
distillery, a bank with a capital of $ 100,000 and 
nutneious shops well stocked gave the place the 
appjarance of a thriving comnumity. 



1 6 NOTES 

The river was the means of communicatiou 
with the sea ports along the coast, West Indies 
and more distant countries; the merchants and 
traders owning vessels which carried the products 
of field and forest to these ports, returning with 
specie, rum, molasses and manufactured articles. 

The financial depression following the Revo- 
ution was succeeded by a revival of business, the 
merchants and shopkeepers then laying the foun- 
dation for the commercial supremacy Hartford 
has since maintained. 

Its wealthy citizens were seeking investment 
in western and southern lands, in insurance and 
underwriting, the beginingof that great and pros- 
perous business which has made Hartford famous. 

A brief review of some of the names appearing 
on the preceeding pages may not be without in- 
terest to the present generation. 

Among the prominent merchants at the close of 
the century were John Caldwell, an extensive 
ship owner whose memory is not yet passed from 
the mind of man; John Chenevard who left a for. 
tune of $30,000 at his death in 1805; John Mor- 
gan, a graduate of Yale in 1772, whose ship the 
"Empress of China'' was the first American ves- 
sel to establish trade with the "flowery king- 
dom." The construction of the bridge across the 
Connecticut was due to his wealth and enterprise, 
and Morgan street was named for him. 

Daniel Wadsworth was one of the younger mer- 



NOTES 17 

chants, living in 1799 iu the elegaut new man- 
sion still standing on Prospect street. He was 
the son of Col. Jeremiah Wadsworth, and is re- 
membered as the founder of the Athenaeum. 

A number of traders in the list became known 
in the nineteenth century as prominent and reli- 
able business men whose descendants have for- 
saken the waj'S of their fathers and find other 
employment more congenial. 

The law was represented by an exceptional fine 
body of men — men o'f reputation and standing. 
Chauncey Goodrich, one of the most prominent 
members of the bar, was then a Member of Con- 
gress. Graduating at Yale College in 1776, he 
settled iu Hartford in 1781, He became United 
States Senator, was lieutenant governor of the 
state and mayor of the city. 

Theodore Dwight, whose name appears among 
the Attorneys, was at one time a law partner of 
Aaron Burr. He represented Connecticut in 
Congress. As one of the "Hartford Wits" he 
will be long remembered. He was secretary of 
the Hartford Convention and a leading editor 
and journalist. 

Jonathan Brace, Yale 1779, was a Member of 
Congress, a judge, and mayor of the city. 

Jonathan W. Edwards, another of Yale's dis- 
tinguished sons, attained high rank in his profes- 
sion. 

Nathaniel Terry held various offices in the gift 



I 8 NOTKS 

of the people, including a seat in Congress. He 
graduated at Yale College in 1786. 

Thomas Y. Seymour, like his father and grand- 
father was a graduate of Yale. Reserved in the 
war of the Revolution, holding the rank of major. 

Enoch Perkins, Ephraim Root and William 
Mosele}^ were aLso men of liberal education, grad- 
uates of that famous institution of whose lecord 
Connecticut is justly proud. 

The medical profession in 1799 was represented 
by half a dozen practitioner. s Dr. Mason F. 
Cogswell and Dr. Lemuel Hopkins are best known 
to fame, the former, a graduate of Yale, settled 
in Hartford where after boarding in the family 
of John Chenevard, the merchant, for a number 
of j^ears he married April 13, 1800, Mary Austin 
Ivcdyard. It was largely through Dr. Cogswell'.-^ 
influence the Deaf and Dumb Asylum was estab- 
lished, their daughter, Alice, being the first pupil. 

Lemuel Hopkins was one of the "Hariford 
Wits"' and a well known poet. He was an advo- 
cate of bleeding like the old time doctors and 
died in 1801 from repeated bleedings to avert an 
expected attack of pulmonary disorder 

Eliakim Fish was a graduate of Yale Collt-ge 
in the class of 1760 Charles Mather in 1763. 

Dr. Dwell Morgan, born October 26, 1764, lived 
to the age of 74, prominent in his profession. 

The increase in the number of physicians in 
one hundred years was more than double the in- 



NOTES 19 

crease in population. 

In 1799, the drug habit, so prevalent to da}', 
was evidently in its infancy, four druggists sup- 
pljnng the inhabitants, where more than fifty 
found support a century later. 

Two newspapers were published weekly, the 
"Couranf by Hudson & Goodwin, who were 
also booksellers, and the "Mercury" by Major 
Elisha Babcock. Oliver D and I. Cooke carried 
an extensive stock of books and stationery. 

Lemuel Addams, cabinet maker, located on the 
south side of Ferry street, had the reputation of 
making good and substantial furniture. 

It would seem at first thought, Hartford was 
well supplied with taverns, the names of twenty 
four taverners appearing on the list, and one a 
woman, When, however, it is remembered the 
tavern was a news centre and the liquid refresh- 
ment there served was in great demand, it is 
not unlikely with the entertainment of travellers 
they were well supported. 

In those days the amount of business done, as 
a rule, was inconsiderable compared with present 
standards, people generally being content with a 
moderate income. 

Probably but few of the itusiness men on the 
foregoing list had many men in their employ, an 
apprentice or two learning the trade, may have 
constituted the entire force of the establislunent. 

Some occupations have an unfamiliar .sound to 



20 NOTES 

modern ears; as ^ ewterer, whose wares were be- 
ing rapidly supplanted by the importation of chiaa 
and crockery ware, half-clothier works, skin- 
dresser and whitesmith. 

The mayor of the city, Col. Thomas Seymour, 
who was also a lawyer, was listed as a mill owner; 
he held the office from 1784 to 18 12. His home 
was on Main street .south of I^ittle River. 

Great changes were made in Hartford during 
the nineteenth century, greater still will be the 
changes of the twentieth, as the opening years 
clearly indicate. 

The names of the inhabitants of Hartford, the 
business men of 1899, with their place of busi- 
ness are recorded in the directory of that year. 
With no such exactnes-, can the residents a cen- 
tury earlier be located, possibly, no particular 
service would be rendered if they were. An idle 
curiosity may be gratified by giving the names of 
those on the east side of Main street, from Lit- 
tle River to the State House, as found on an old 
document in the writers possession, dated 1799. 
Rosl. Stanley, Chs. Shepherd, Jas. Caldwell, 
Jona. Brace, J. K. Gurnsey, Asa Hopkins, 
Chy. Gleason, Jere. Wadsworth, Asa Boyd, 
Thos. Lloyd, Wm. Howe, J. Mc Crackan, 
Nathl. Patten, Abel Buell, Theo. Hopkins, 
Wm. Chadwick, Thos Hopkins, Jno. Chenevard, 
M. F. Cogswell, Saml. Olcotr, Michl, Clienevard, 
Hez. Merrill, Ben. Biglow and Jno. Caldwell. 



NOTES 2 1 

The same document contains the following: 

State Street, So. side. 
G. I. Patten, Geo. Caldwell, Saml. C. Camp, 
Wm, Davy. Jno. Chenevard, Jun., Chy. Goodrich 
Jno. Lee, Rowland Lee, Rste. Eb. Barnard, 
Chs. Mather, Jos. Church, Thos. Bull, Jas. Bull, 
Nathl. Jones. 

Ferry st. so. side. 
Jno. Hall, Leml. Addams, Robt. Chapman, Josi- 
ah Beckwith, Eli Bartholomew, Jno. Cables, est. 
Elisha Williams, Russell Bunce. 

Water Street. 
Joseph Hanson, Francis Brown, Isaac Swetland, 
Wm. Brown, Bars. Chipman, Josha. Miller, 
Jno, Ackley, Jas. Bigelow, Wm. Weare, 

Jared Wells, Caleb Tuttle, Ivoomis Hayden, 
Giles Edgerton, Jno. Suitor, Jno. Wells, 

Jno. Wells Jun. 

Front St. 
Josha. Leffingwell, Asa Benton, Wm. Skinner, 
Elisha Skinner, Jno. Jeffery, Geo, Pierce, 

Isaac Mason, Josiah Chapin, Spencer Whiting, 
Jesse Deane, Saml. C. Day, Nathl, Blake 

Jabez Perkins, Eli Ely, Jno. Leffingwell, 

Nat Terry, Danl. Wadsworth, Wm. Haskell, 
Elias Morgan. 

School St. 
Jos. Hart, Thos. Seymour & Sons, Wm EUery. 
Uriah Shepherd, Ashbel Shepherd, Timy. Porter. 
Elisha Shepherd, Jas Sliepherd, I-'reeman 



2 2 NOTES 

Shepherd, Consider Burt, Timy. Shepherd, 
Geo. Seymour, Geo. Burnham, Saml. Thomson, 
E-obt. Seymour, Bela Burt, Ben. Wood, Isaac 
Sanford, Wm. Wadsworth, Peter Thatcher, 
Jona. Crosby, Jere. Barrett^ Parson Greenwood, 
Jno. Wolf, Wm. Waters, Jas. Henry. Chas. 
Waterman, Jos. Gint, Danl. Andruss, Danl. 
Hancock, Cyprn, Nicholls, Solomon Taylor, 
Wm Wetmore, Ephm. Robbins, Timy. Bunce, 
Dweell Morgan, 

Main St. No 
Roger Cogs.vell, Ephm. Root, A. WelN, Jan. 
Jas. Hosmer, Ward Woodbridge, Jos. Lynde, 
Jos. Jeason, Friend Seymour, Elislia Lewis, 
Jno. Mc. Neight, O. D- Cooke, Increase Cooke, 
Danl. Hopkins, Enos Doolittle, Jas. Ward, 
EliasCowles, Jno. Babcock, Jno. Thomas Estate, 
Jas. Thomas, Miller Fish, John Rogers. 

A list of 1799 is inserted for comparison with 
the present. 



Thos. Seymour & Sons 


:. Eist Augt, 


20, I 


799- 


3 Heads 


60 




180. 


2 Oxen 


10 




20. 


5 Cows 7 35. 


I Heifer 


2 yrs 


3-34 


2 Horses 


10 




20 


5 Acres plowing 


1,67 




8,35 


19 do mowing 


} 34 




25-66 


2 do Bog not mowed 


'34 




68 


18 do meadow fallow & bog out 2,50 




47- 


66 Bush pasture 


34 




22,44 


I Watch 17. 


50 oz plate 


6 


3.34 


2 first fires $ 5. 3 


third do 63 


i,89__ 


6,89 



io 389-7^> 



NOTES 23 

Dwellings in good repair were assessed at $2,50 
a fire-place. In the preceeding, two are in the 
first and three in the third class; amounting to 
$ 6,89, a very moderate valuation for a house. 
In the following another form is used. 
Charles Mather's List for the Year 1798. 
One House 5 Smokes. 
One Yoak of Cattle. 
3 Cows. 
One Horse. 
Although the decimal system of notation, with 
the dollar as the unit, was established by Con- 
gress 1785-1786, it did not come into general use 
for many years, and bills were made out ac- 
cording to the English method of reckoning, by 
pounds, shillings, and pence. 

One of Mayor Seymour's lists made out in this 
form is here introduced. 

Thomas Seymour Esqrs List, August 20th 1787. 
Two Heads his own & Son Henry 18 ^36 o o 
4 Oxen at 60s. 6 Cows at 40s. 
I 3 yr Old Steer 40 s. 2 2 yrs old Do 20 s. 
4 Honses 60s i Gray Colt 2 yrs. 40s. 
Meadow Land 26^^ Acres 15 s. 
Unenclosed Land 33 Do 6 p 

Upland Pasture & mowing 147 Acres 
including house lotts. 8 s. 

Bu>l! Pasture 61I/2 Acres 2 s. 



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24 NOTES 

Upland Plowing 11 Do 

I Watch 100 s. Clock 60 s. 

60 Oz. Plate at pr Ct. 

I ^ Houses with 6)4 fire places 

I Chaise 100 s. i Sulkey 60 s. 

Deduct for 12 Sheep Sheared 4 s. 

^190 I 3 
On the same sheet is the following; 
Wm. & E Seymours List. 

One head Edwards <;^ 18 o o 

One Colt-3 years 60s. 300 

Stor^ not used or Leased this year 00 o o 

Saw mill not used this year only 

a little for the Town 00 o o 

Sloop of 60 Tons — sailed 4th July 

for coast West Indies ordered 

to be sold, if not will render 

an accot. afterwards. 00 o o 



OCT 8 1910 

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